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Refugee Crisis Of Korean Peninsula And North East Asia

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Following report examines the issues and their outcomes on refugee crisis of Korean peninsula and North East Asia. Researches are conveying that significant number of people are striving to leave the borders of North Korea (index.go.kr 2016), bringing the issues of human security and their accessibilities to proper resettlement procedures. Providing adequate support and protection for the refugees require further attention as generally they are confronting more than just poor living conditions. As their states of despair interferes with traditional approach in human security of ‘Freedom from fear’ and ‘Freedom of want’ stated by human development report in 1994 (UNDP 1994), the backgrounds of the situation require to be assessed with …show more content…

Even in consistent efforts of nations and NGOs to provide aids for devastating poverty, supreme leader Kim Jung Eun and their followers prioritize military supremacy and developing nuclear warheads, distracting appropriate provisions of materials for those who are in desperate needs. 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Total aids granted (Million USD) 103.06 56.70 61.32 24.49 89.37 Table 1.1) Estimated total humanitarian funding per Donor to DPRK (UNOCHA 2016) Figure 1.2) Surveys of refugees on recognizing aids and support within DPRK (Daily NK 2011) Table 1.1 (Estimated total humanitarian funding per donor to DPRK) at the top indicates the amount of previously granted humanitarian funding to DPRK from the year 2007 to 2011 (UNOCHA 2016), while figure 1.2 (Surveys of refugees on recognizing aids and support within DPRK) identifies the answers given on survey of experiencing any support for North Korean refugees in 2011 (Daily NK 2011). As seen on table 1.1, there had been various amounts of aids provided from the outside to support poverty in DPRK. However the answers featured in figure 1.2 furtherly notes that the majority had not received/experienced the support, mostly finding them at the military or even upper class people. This emphasizes the issues of North Korean authorities not

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